Research Guides: Anthropology 342: Medical Anthropology: Books, eBooks & Videos

Find Books & eBooks

EWU Library Catalog This link opens in a new window
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Many ethnographic studies are in book form, along with broader research on particular cultural groups or regions.

Includes holdings of 38 academic libraries in the Pacific Northwest. Can request books via Summit.

Also includes records for articles. If you want a book, use the limiters on the left to narrow the results.

Help Searching the EWU Library Catalog

Streaming Videos

Academic Video Online (AVON) This link opens in a new window
Documentaries, feature films, performances, interviews, news programs and newsreels, demonstrations, and raw footage.
Kanopy Streaming Videos This link opens in a new window
On-demand streaming video service with over 10,000 titles, ranging from feature films, television shows, and documentaries. Note: Most of the titles available are not listed in the EWU Library Catalog. If it says "request access," we do not have licensing for that title. Faculty can request access for their classes.
Want to view on your phone or tablet? Once you have downloaded the relevant app, see https://help.kanopy.com/hc/en-us/articles/360040625513#academic for directions on logging into the EWU Library's account.

Help with Downloading eBooks

Having issues with Adobe Digital Editions? Here's my advice.

Step 1. Create an Adobe ID, if you don't already have one.

Go to https://account.adobe.com/.

Technically you don't need one for the laptop Adobe Digital Editions, but you do for the mobile ones. And if you want the ebooks synced across devices, you need one.

Step 2. Download Adobe Digital Editions for laptops and/or mobile devices.

Go to https://www.adobe.com/solutions/ebook/digital-editions/download.html.

Be sure to sign in with your Adobe ID!

Step 3. Go to ProQuest Ebook Central to locate relevant titles. Click the Download Book button.

You might luck out and the book is a simple PDF file. But most aren't.

On a laptop, skip through the first 2 messages about what device and needing Adobe Digital Editions. On the 3rd screen, click the blue Download button, and that should download a file with .acsm extension. Click on the file once fully downloaded, and it should open up Adobe Digital Editions, or just tell it to open that file with Adobe Digital Editions.

Was a couple more steps on the iPhone. Again, skip through the first 2 messages. Click the Download button, then click Download Linked File. In the Safari browser, the file can be found by clicking on the down arrow in a circle in the upper right corner. Then it shows you an .acsm file that's only 2km. Click the upload icon in the upper right corner and select the app to open it with. (I had to click on More and then scroll my apps to find Copy to Digital Editions.)